# Time to Update Cancer Rate Column

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-update-cancer-rate-column/803212>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 1, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-update-cancer-rate-column/803212 "2017-12-01T02:12:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![GMANCANADA](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gmancanada/32/2837_2.png) [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-update-cancer-rate-column/803212/1 "2017-12-01T02:12:54Z")

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Regarding the column:

> **[Are cancer rates rising due to environmental factors or simply more reporting...](https://www.straightdope.com/21343723/are-cancer-rates-rising-due-to-environmental-factors-or-simply-more-reporting-of-cases)**

I appreciate you don’t have the resources to update all your columns, but according to the CDC cancer rates among men and women are now declining.  
[https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/research/articles/arn\_7508.htm](https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/research/articles/arn_7508.htm)

While this is for the period ending in 2008, there is more recent info on their site as well.

Perhaps this is worth a re-look.